If you purchased an FC ACHK 8 Gbps Fibre Channel
4-port host interface adapter that
was not preinstalled for you, you must install it in the node
canister.
Before you begin
The 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter is
installed in the node canisters in the control enclosure. If
your control enclosure has two node canisters, you must install the
same options in
both canisters. Do not start installation until
you have
two of the 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port
host interface adapter options.
About this task
Note: The host interface adapter has
four ports, but only two small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers
are installed.
Procedure
To install the host interface adapter,
complete the following steps.
- Remove the SFP
transceivers from
the host interface adapter (Figure 1). To remove an SFP transceiver,
swing the release handle open and use it to pull the transceiver out
of the port.
Figure 1. Host interface adapter and SFP
transceivers
- Loosen the retaining thumbscrew 1 as
shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Installing
8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapter
- 1 Retaining thumbscrew
- 2 Filler handle
- 3 Host interface adapter
- 4 Catch slot
- From inside the canister, grasp the filler handle 2 and
slide the filler plate toward the thumbscrew to disengage the plate
from the catch slot 4 .
- Remove the filler plate.
- Insert the host interface adapter 3 into
the canister as shown in Figure 2
- Align the mounting bracket of the host interface adapter with
the inside of the host interface adapter aperture
at the thumbscrew end of the canister, ensuring that the tab at the
end of the faceplate is aligned with the catch slot 4 .
- Align the connecting edge of the host interface adapter with
the slot in the host interface adapter connector
inside the canister.
- Apply pressure to the opposite edge of the host interface adapter to
push the adapter into the connector.
- Check that the host interface adapter is
installed squarely in its slot and tighten the retaining thumbscrew 1 .
- Reinstall the SFP
transceivers. To install a transceiver, push it fully into the port and close
the release handle.
- If you purchased the additional 2-transceiver option, install
the extra SFP
transceivers in
the remaining ports.